Brassiere.



J. C. RIPLEY.

BRASSIERE.

APPLICATION FILED rm. 19. I916.

1 1 9@,%@ 1 Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

m a I JANE C. RIPLEY, 01F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BSSIERJE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented na as, role.

Application filed February 19, 1916. Serial No. 79,802.

Brassieres, as ordinarily used, are in tended as a supplement to the corset, and, in extending above the corset are adapted to present a substantially smooth and unbroken line at the corset edge whereby to insure a proper fit of the dress waist or other garment worn thereover. In order to obtain the desired effect in the use of these brassieres, it is necessary that they should be held under some slight tension. This is attempted ordinarily by fastening the garment closely about the corset by some fas toning means, such as buttons, tapes, or the like. It has been found in practice, however, that the brassiere when so fastened about the corset has a tendency to ride up on the corset, in which event it becomes suiiiciently loose above the corset as to destroy the desired smooth or unbroken-line effect; also, when the brassiere is so fastened to the corset and the latter rides up on the body, this likewise results in the brassiere becoming loose above the corset and destroying the desired effect referred to. Having in mind this objectionable feature incident to the use of brassieres as heretofore made, that is, the feature of the loosening up and consequent non-fit of the garment above the corset, it has been the object of my invention to provide an improved brassiere by means of which the objectionable feature referred to will be avoided. This object l[ at tain by means of the new and novel construction of brassiere hereinafter described and claimed and as shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a form having thereon a brassiere embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a rear view .of the brassire removed from the form.

For the better illustration of my invention, the form shown in Fig. 1, indicated at f, is provided with a corset c, and stockings s.

The brassiere illustrated as embodying my invention comprises a body portion 5, having a closed back 2, shoulder straps 3, shaped front sections 4, and suitable fastening means, such as buttonholes and buttons 5, for connecting the front sections and securing the garment about the corset. The front sections 4, in the preferred form of my invention shown, are adapted to diagonally cross or overlap each other and to connect 'at their lower ends with hose-supporters 6; the arrangement of the parts being such that the right and left front sections of the brassiere will connect with the left and right hose-supporters respectively, as shown. With this construction and combination of parts, that is, With the front sections of the brassiere yieldingly held by the hose-supporters in directions both downwardly and diagonally of each other, and this independently of the corset, it will be obvious that the brassiere will be held in a manner to constantly maintain the desired smooth and unbroken-line effect hereinbefore referred to.

It will be noted that the lower ends of the sections 4, at the point where they connect with the hose-supporters, are extended downwardly below the waist-line of the garment. This is done in order that the down- Ward and diagonal pull of the hose-supporters will act to hold the garment in a smooth and unwrinkled condition throughout its full length.

It will be noted that the back sections of the garment also cross each other.diagonally, which results in the same being held closely to the back above the corset.

Having disclosed my invention in one preferred form thereof, I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to the exact form of the garment shown, as this may be more or less materially modified without departure from my invention as called for by the appended claim. It will also be underand right hose-supporters, respectively, for the purpose described.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey this eighteenth day of February A. D. 1916.

JANE C. RIPLEY.

\Vitnesses: (lixsnucno Soorrnrronn, FREDERICK R. Lnnmmou. 

